The NORCECA qualification for the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship will see member nations compete for six places at the finals in Japan. USA has directly qualified to 2018 World Championship as the 2014 World Champion.
Pool compositions 34 NORCECA member nations would enter qualification. Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica directly qualify to the 2017 NORCECA Continental Championship.
CAZOVA and ECVA will have two rounds of qualification. The two highest seeded teams from each zone according to the January 1, 2016 NORCECA Continental Women's Senior Ranking directly qualifies to the second zonal round. The first zonal round will have three groups of four teams.
AFECAVOL zonal qualification will have single round-robin tournament. The top two teams will qualify to the 2017 NORCECA Continental Championship.
CAZOVA Zone NORCECA Continental Women's Senior Ranking as of 1 January 2016 is shown in bracket.
First round Group AGroup BGroup C (13) (20) (21) (26) (25) (24) (27) (34) (36) (41) (38) (37)
Second round Group DGroup E (8) (11) (20) (38)
ECVA Zone
First round Group DGroup EGroup F (23) (19) (18) (30) (31) (28) (35) (33) (29) (32) (39) (40)
Second round Group DGroup E (15) (17)2nd Highest Rank of First round1st Highest Rank of First round3rd Highest Rank of First round4th Highest Rank of First round6th Highest Rank of First round5th Highest Rank of First round St. Lucia was advanced to Final Round by NORCECA when the schedule for the NORCECA Continental Championships Group B schedule was released.NORCECA 2017 Events/WCQT/WCQT -Grupo B- Vancouver Canadá/WCQT-CAN-FORM/COMPETITION SCHEDULE NORCECA -WCQT GROUP B VANCOUVER CANADA – copia.pdf St. Lucia was the highest ranking team and therefore was advanced to the Final Round of qualifying.
AFECAVOL Zone Single round-robin tournament Group K (12) (16) (14) (9) (10) (22)
First round
Group A Venue: Ronald Charles Arena, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Dates: 6–7 August 2016 All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)
Group B Venue: Centro Deportivo Betico Croes, Oranjestad, Aruba Dates: 26–27 November 2016 All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)
Group C Venue: Clifton Hunter High School Sports Center, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Dates: 12–13 November 2016 All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00)
Group D Venue: L.B. Scot Sports Auditorium, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten Dates: 6–7 August 2016 All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)
Play off Third placed match
First placed match
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Group E Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Dates: 9–10 September 2016 All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)
Play off First placed match
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Group F Venue: Matthew François Sports Auditorium, Marigot, Saint Martin Dates: 22–23 October 2016 All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)
Play off Third placed match
First placed match
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Group K Venue: , Nicaragua Dates: 30 November–4 December 2016 All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00)
Second round 2017 CAZOVA Championship
Preliminary round CAZOVA Pool D Venue: TBD, Jamaica Dates: 26–28 July 2017
CAZOVA Pool E
Final round 7th–8th places 7th place match
Final six
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing RankTeam45678 Qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship
2017 ECVA Championship
Preliminary round Qualified for the Semifinals Qualified for the Quarterfinals
ECVA Group D Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda Dates: September 7–10, 2017
ECVA Group E Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda Dates: September 7–10, 2017
Final round
Final six
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
5th place match
3rd place
1st place
Final standing RankTeam456 Qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship
NORCECA Continental Championship
Qualified for the 2018 World Championship
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Pool B RankTeam1234
Pool C RankTeam1234
References
External links Official website of the First Round